Chivas USA and the Carolina RailHawks enter Wednesday’s Fourth-Round clash in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with full momentum in Cup play, having broken down their opponent in the second half of the Third Round. The 4:15 p.m. (PT) match will feature a Red-and-White squad that came back from being a goal down against the LA Blues to scoring two unanswered goals in the second half, squaring off against a Carolina team that dismissed the LA Galaxy at WakeMed Soccer Park in convincing fashion 2-0.

“We are confident that we can go out on Wednesday and come away with a good result,” said midfielder Jorge Villafaña. “We’re expecting a difficult game, a physical game. I think [the RailHawks] are going to come out and give it their all because they want to show that they can compete against [Major League Soccer] teams. But we’re going to go out and play our game. It’s another tournament and we want to win a title.”

Villafaña was part of last year’s Red-and-White team that made a run to the Semifinals before losing to eventual Open Cup runner-up Seattle Sounders FC for the second time in club history. Standing in the way of another potential run is a Carolina side with a bit of revenge on their mind.

The sides met in last season’s Open Cup in the Fourth Round, where the Rojiblancos eliminated the RailHawks, 2-1, in Cary, N.C. thanks to a penalty kick in stoppage time to propel them into the Quarterfinals for the second time in club history. Villafaña says the team is ready to make another run in the 100th edition of the tournament. The Goats will head into the match under the leadership of Interim Head Coach and Youth Academy Directory Sacha van der Most, who along with the club’s new leadership has implemented a return to a more traditional style of attacking soccer.